December 23rd-- revision 2

[Keith]

His grumbles snag on the plastic branches The title works with this line so be careful if you change it
emerging from eleven months of peace.
The holiday's cheer doesn't reach this three I stumbled here as I read tree not three then I got lost and had to come back
foot tree that naked, would make even Charlie could this be phrased differently
sigh.

Tilting to one side it seems to wiggle
to the other side of the desk, as bits
of coated green float gently to the tiles, I enjoyed this sorry desktop scene
torn off by painted stars and a man
with a white beard and no time for this.

As balls and lights and silver garlands
fill the lonely gaps he wonders
Why bother? when four walls enclose the secret
and not even the window lets out a peep. lovely stanza and mood

Reminiscent eyes survey this scene of his life something feels off in this line, could it be reminiscing, could be too wordy?
without her touch, the first of how many to come? this is the closing stanza and the tell so this line could do more work for me
Salty gripes jerk from his throat and scuttle down
to rest inside the stocking’s toe. great close

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I'm not set on the title. Suggestions?

This conveys that lonely feeling really well, setting up decorations on your own, puts the reader in quite a sad place. makes me wonder why he's doing it ? surely not for himself? could be the gran kids that are about to burst through the door and fill some more of those gaps. I like happy endings. thanks for the read Keith OOps I seem to have written more than I intended to in mild, hope you don't mind.